QLD Coastal Zones

Github Repository: QLD Coastal Zones - GPX files used in Ocpn_Draw Layers

Dave, change this as you wish. See the first screenshot that I used Media Manager to upload and then “inserted” into the text. The Editor's Manual is here edit_user_manual under Dev Manual. You will find an item about Media Manager that will be helpful I hope.

Description

Ahoy OpenCPNers with an interest in the QLD coastline of Australia.

The Australian Hydrographic Charts do not show the different fishing zones along the QLD coast, for the relevant marine parks.

So, I have uploaded the GPS coordinates provided by the QLD Government into the Draw plugin and created .gpx files of each coloured zone. These zones are named following the convention in the Marine Parks handouts. Each group of zones relate to the latitude of the first waypoint of the zone, ie GBRMP-11- are Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks in the area between Lat 11 and Lat 12.

My intention personally is to load these into ODraw as a persistent layer which gives the ability to toggle on/off. From here you can click the list contents button and the zones are then listed in the Paths tab and the texts are listed in the OD Points tab. The text files were only created to identify the zones and probably not needed as each zone carries its name in the description.

Some of these zones follow the low tide mark along coast lines and I have tried to represent this as best as possible.

Jon Gough has advanced ODraw considerably and I recommend anyone interested upgrade to the latest version available, I have been using 1.6.80 but Jon would be the go-to for finding your best options. Also visit the Draw manual which is very in depth with good screen shots.

QLD Coastal Zones

Github Repository: QLD Coastal Zones - GPX files used in Ocpn_Draw Layers

Dave, change this as you wish. See the first screenshot that I used Media Manager to upload and then “inserted” into the text. The Editor's Manual is here edit_user_manual under Dev Manual. You will find an item about Media Manager that will be helpful I hope.

Description

Ahoy OpenCPNers with an interest in the QLD coastline of Australia.

The Australian Hydrographic Charts do not show the different fishing zones along the QLD coast, for the relevant marine parks.

So, I have uploaded the GPS coordinates provided by the QLD Government into the Draw plugin and created .gpx files of each coloured zone. These zones are named following the convention in the Marine Parks handouts. Each group of zones relate to the latitude of the first waypoint of the zone, ie GBRMP-11-xxxx are Great Barrier Reef Marine Parks with their most NW boundary point in an area between Lat 11 and Lat 12.

My intention personally is to load these into ODraw as a persistent layer which gives the ability to toggle on/off. From here you can click the list contents button and the zones are then listed in the Paths tab and the texts are listed in the OD Points tab. The text files were only created to identify the zones and probably not needed as each zone carries its name in the description.

Some of these zones follow the low tide mark along coast lines and I have tried to represent this as best as possible.

Jon Gough has advanced ODraw considerably and I recommend anyone interested upgrade to the latest version available, I have been using 1.6.80 but Jon would be the go-to for finding your best options. Also visit the Draw manual which is very in depth with good screen shots.

Implementation and Details

Some slower computers may struggle with displaying the full zones so each can be broken into smaller groups or folders. These .gpx files are broken down into areas according to the naming convention.

Also, colours can be changed easily by editing the files with a text editor and reassigning the RGB values to suit your needs.

These are not yet all available but the naming convention below is how I intend to display the .gpx files.

Great Sandy Straits to follow when time permits.

Also any help from the “O” community on linking users to this project would be much appreciated.

Have a look here: https://github.com/redog666/qld-coastal-zones

QLD Coastal Zones

Activities Guide is what is allowed in each zone colour.

QLD Coastal Zones

Activities Guide is what is allowed in each zone colour.

How to use these Coastal Zone GPX Files

First I load persistent layer from required .gpx file. Here you see the QLD coast with all zone colours for areas 10,11 and 12.

Persistant layers can be added here by clicking the New Persistant Layer button. Or you can paste a copy of your .gpx file into the draw Layers folder.

In linux found here: user/.opencpn/plugins/ocpn_draw_pi/Layers

While still in the layer tab click List Contents of the highlighted layer required. Now all of the individual zones of each colour, from the highlighted Layer will be displayed in the Paths tab and if the .gpx file contains text points, these are now displayed in the OD Points tab. This only works with one selected layer at a time, not multiple by using shift or Ctrl. If multiple layers are selected (and can be) only the top layer in the selection will be displayed.

Next click the Paths tab, here each can be turned on/off individually. These are the zones and here is where people could save smaller groups or split up to suit area of interest by using the export buttons. (Export All Visible or Export Selected) Careful using the “Export All Visible” button as it combines ALL visible in ALL 3 tabs. Here a highlighted zone blinks on your screen to make it easier to see its location.

Hope I haven't deviated from the manual with my instructions, but again if in doubt read the Draw-pi section of the manual.

Dave, It may be appropriate to provide a link to QLD Coastal Zone GPX from this page Chart Sources.